Characidium oiticicai
| Characidium oiticicai | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Characiformes |
| Family: | Crenuchidae |
| Genus: | Characidium |
| Species: | C. oiticicai
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| Binomial name | |
| Characidium oiticicai Travassos, 1967
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Characidium oiticicai is a fish in the family Crenuchidae.[1] It is native to South America and is found in the upper Tietê and Ribeira de Iguape River basins in Brazil.[1]
Size
[edit]This species reaches a length of 6.8 cm (2.7 in).[1]
Etymology
[edit]The fish is named in honor of the José Oiticica Filho (1906–1964), an entomologist, a photographer and Travassos' colleague at the Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro in Brazil.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Characidium oiticicai". FishBase. October 2024 version.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Family CRENUCHIDAE Günther 1864 (South American Darters and Sailfin Tetras)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 27 January 2024.
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